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Cruising

1980
21,214 feet · Prominence
1,935th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Cruising’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris

How this film scores

Draw52

$20m worldwide in 1980 — $79m in today's money.

As released$20mIn 2026 money$79mRank3,054 of 8,589In 198033 of 75

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise47

Critics 47, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 47.

Critics47 → 23Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Notorious protests; queer film-history landmark.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb6.5 from 32kWikipedia20k views a monthAge46 years

Scored beside it · 1,313 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 52 praise 47 legacy 40averages 46, which places it at21,214 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Al Pacino22,272 ft